LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
Article source: Scott Vicknair Lawyers New Orleans, LA, is a vibrant city with bustling streets and heavy traffic year-round, but its roadways also see a high number of serious car collisions. In Orleans Parish alone, recent data shows thousands of crashes occur annually, with hundreds resulting in injuries and dozens ending in fatalities, making traffic
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From Cravath Star to Paul Weiss Chair Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing writer In one of the most dramatic leadership transitions in Big Law history, Scott Barshay has been appointed Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, effective immediately, following Brad Karp’s decision to resign as Chairman. The sudden change, announced February 4, 2026,
Pinsent Masons is opening an office in Poland with six partners as it expands is European operations, while also expanding its legal services in South Africa with its Pinsent Masons Vario business that will provide support services such as administrative, paralegal, company secretary, project management and and consultancy expertise to the firm’s clients outside of
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The Legal Employment Reality Check If you believed the louder corners of LinkedIn, the legal jobs market is either collapsing or booming. But it can’t be both. So what is happening in the legal jobs arena? According to Reuters, the truth is far less dramatic and far more interesting. The annual report states that the
Let’s cut the corporate speak: your legal department is bleeding talent, and pretending it’s just about billable hours versus work-life balance isn’t going to stop the hemorrhage.
Here’s what’s really happening in Q1 2026; and if you’re a General Counsel, CLO, or corporate counsel, you need to pay attention because the landscape just shifted beneath your Italian loafers.
LawFuel took a look at recruitment strategies for in-house counsel and what recruiters and corporates can do to attract in-house legal talent in the face of BigLaw’s big money advantage.
What Is the Current Salary Gap Between BigLaw and In-House Counsel?
First-year BigLaw associates are now pulling in $240,000. Read that again. First. Year. Meanwhile, your mid-level in-house counsel with five years of actual business experience, the one who just negotiated that complex vendor agreement and actually understands your company’s risk tolerance, is making $175,000. Maybe $185,000 if they negotiated hard.
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Article source: Smith Barkett Personal Injury Lawyers Comparative negligence remains one of the most consequential doctrines in Oklahoma personal injury litigation. While often reduced to a simple discussion of percentages and damages, its real impact is felt in case valuation, settlement dynamics, and trial strategy. In Oklahoma, where fault allocation can determine whether an injured
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Paul Weiss Goes to Houston And The Energy Talent War Just Escalated When Paul Weiss just poached senior energy M&A dealmakers from Kirkland & Ellis and promptly announced a strategic push into Houston, this was not a polite handshake between firms but a major shakeup with weaponized intent. Paul Weiss, fresh from the headline-making resignation
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Article source: Leverson Budke Criminal Defense A DWI arrest can be a stressful and confusing experience, especially when it raises immediate concerns about your ability to drive. Many people wonder what restrictions apply before their court date and how quickly their daily routine could be disrupted. Understanding the process early can help you avoid costly
Sidley Austin’s former executive committee chair Mike Schmidtberger is trading Big Law leadership for an AI‑first experiment, stepping in as chairman and funds/regulatory head at two‑month‑old Norm Law LLP, an “AI‑native” firm built around legal agents rather than billable hours. This is a live test of whether a partner who doubled Sidley’s revenue can now
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Brad Karp’s 18-year reign atop Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison ended Wednesday night not with a bang, but with a carefully worded statement about “distractions.” Translation: the Justice Department’s release of millions of Epstein-related documents last week made his position untenable faster than you can say “conflict of interest.”
The emails paint a picture that’s more uncomfortable than a BigLaw associate’s billable hours target. In July 2015, Karp thanked Epstein for “an evening I’ll never forget,” describing it as “truly ‘once in a lifetime’ in every way, though I hope to be invited again.” Epstein’s response? A promise of “many many nights of unique talents” and assurances Karp would “be invited often.”
Spoiler alert: those invitations are now exhibit A in why being Chair of a white-shoe law firm and socialising with convicted sex offenders don’t mix well.
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